Meet Five Historical Figures

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  1. Chelsea366 Retired Moderator

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    I'm biased considering my grandparents on my father's side were from Japan but it really is. Oda Nobunaga is by far my favorite historical figure. I would fight a thousand rabid monkeys for the chance to meet him.
    Chelsea366, Apr 15, 2012
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  2. PineappleJoe Well-Known Member

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    I was expecting your list to be more like this.
    PineappleJoe, Apr 15, 2012
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    Out of the four rap artists you mention, I like one of their musical productions. One of the other three lacks the slightest piece of class and the other two are the most overated rap artists because they were immortalised by each other.
    C_G, Apr 15, 2012
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  4. Soviet Streltsy Well-Known Member

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    Ehh... let's bring out the dusty old memory book. Hmm... I see that Spring Break has almost destroyed it, what a pity.

    Sigmund Frued
    Edisto "Che" Guevara
    Queen Victoria (Just really to see where Czar Nikky II, King Georgi IV, and Kaiser Willy II got it from)
    Czar Pyotr "the Great"
    Leon Trotsky (Just see how he fought that assasine with an icepick lodged in his head)
    Soviet Streltsy, Apr 15, 2012
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  5. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    Pancho villa
    Bruce lee
    Ceasar chavez
    Patton
    Antonio de Santa Anna.
    Romulus211, Apr 16, 2012
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  6. PineappleJoe Well-Known Member

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    Meh they are most famous for a reason.
    PineappleJoe, Apr 16, 2012
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  7. UnitRico Well-Known Member

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    Hmm, five people I'd want to meet...

    Julius Caesar
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Vergilius
    Alexander the Great
    Whoever was the genius to design the Ford Mustang.

    This is what I can come up with at the moment...
    UnitRico, Apr 16, 2012
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  8. JayJayGT Well-Known Member

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    - Socrates
    - Julius Caesar
    - Augustus Caesar
    - Diocletian
    - Cicero
    JayJayGT, Apr 24, 2012
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    -Genghis Khan
    -Josef Stalin
    -Otto Von Bismarck
    -Michael Collins
    -Takeda Shingen
    GeorgykZhukov, Apr 24, 2012
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  10. Shisno Doesn't know who did this

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    -Otto von Bismarck
    -Heinz Guderian
    -Frederick the Great
    -Louis XIV
    -Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
    Higher priority on Frederick the Great and Louis XIV
    Shisno, Apr 24, 2012
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  11. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    Why Miyamoto Musashi? Why not just Shigeru Miyamoto?
    Bart, Apr 25, 2012
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  12. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    1. Alexander the Great
    2. Julius Caesar
    3. Napoleon Bonaparte
    4. Leonardo da Vinci
    5. J.R.R. Tolkien
    battleearl, Apr 25, 2012
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  13. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Wait does this take into account that we can't understand the people we are choosing. Because unless you know Italian I doubt you will be speaking to Leonardo da vinci or Dante Alighieri.

    So by default all the favorites would have to be from a language I know, and since language has changed over the years its going to be increasingly hard to understand them.
    Viking Socrates, Apr 25, 2012
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  14. battleearl Well-Known Member

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    Hmm... Good point!
    battleearl, Apr 25, 2012
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  15. Augustus Magnas Member

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    lets say for the sake of the thread there is no language barrier
    Augustus Magnas, Apr 25, 2012
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    Jesus
    Hannibal Barca
    Frederick Barbarossa
    Mehmet II
    Suleiman I

    And many more!
    Second List:
    Caesar (Julius)
    Bismarck
    Wilhelm II
    Scipio Africanus
    Uesugi Kenshin
    GeneralofCarthage, Apr 25, 2012
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    Adolf Hitler
    Otto Von Bismark
    Napoleon Bonaparte
    F.D.R
    Michel Ney
    There is so much more.
    Tyum2, Apr 25, 2012
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  18. Dreagon Well-Known Member

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    Julius Caesar
    William of Orange
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Charles Darwin
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Philip II

    Probably not my real top 5 but I these were the first names I came up with.
    Dreagon, Apr 25, 2012
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  19. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    Jesus
    Eh, that's about it. Everyone else is kind of a dick when you think about it.
    Karakoran, Apr 25, 2012
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  20. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    The Irony if Jesus was also a dick.
    Viking Socrates, Apr 25, 2012
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